Saturday, November 4, 2006

As promised, I didn't watch the game last night, so is the first time I've seen what all the commotion was about. This is just ... an unreal call. I guess as an Oilers fan you just have to let it go, but holy dinks. Surely there's some sort of reprimand mechanism in place that will keep McGeough at least fifty miles from another Oilers game for the rest of his career.

Anyhow, this video is courtesy of kinger from Always On The Road, a hot new Oilers blog will lots of original video. He seems to think that last night is exactly the sort of thing the Oilers need to wake up from their slump, but yeah. I'm not ready to be optimistic just yet. I'm still a day behind the rest of you on this.

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I wasn't watching the game, because I was at a wedding, but wow. Seriously, wow. I remember back in the mid-'90s, my family used to complain about an anti-Oiler sentiment among the refs, and how we always used to get shortchanged, especially by the old guard. I always passed it off as homerist crank, but after watching this--wow. I thought I hated McGeough before.

Now, who wants to predict the Oilers miss the playoffs by one point? What I wouldn't give to have watched MacT in the refs room two minutes after the game, if he called McGeough retarded in public.

I personally think this is going to fire up the Oilers and they're going to have a great road trip. Get that edge back boys! Maybe they needed something like this to happen. Sure it wasn't their best game, but they put themselves in a position to win. They battled back, that's Oilers hockey. So I think this is going to motivate them.

So MacT is fined 10 grand. What about McPoo....I mean McGoo? Where his fine or suspension????

The fine against McTavish is not unwarranted if indeed the NHL wants to simply be the politically correct language police. However, if the NHL wants to enforce the quality of the game (something that is entirely unaffected by coaches' comments), the League should be focusing on fixing some unfortunate officiating problems. This was a game where the losing team actually won, and the difference was the referees, hands down, as evidenced by video.

A Dallas goal that WAS reviewable, but was allowed to stand despite the glaring evidence and an outcry from the goaltender. Why wasn't the play reviewed? Referee pride? Aren't plays like this why we HAVE the replay judge in place? Is it always up to the refs pride when deciding whether or not to go upstairs for the call? If that's the case, it has to change.

Next, a disallowed goal based on an imaginary hand-pass. Possible causes of this:1) Ref is willing to make calls when he's not in position to do so.2) Ref doesn't feel that a clear view of a play is necessary to make a call.3) Ref has vision problems/ hallucinations.4) Any or all of the above unacceptable scenarios for a professional level referee.

After some more reflection, really, the worst part of all of this is the fact everything is meaningless except for Magoo's fuck up. We can show slow-motion replays, question Magoo's moral integrity, pay MacT's fine, even take out a contract on his life, but it's still 3-2 Dallas. Even NHL-sanctioned discipline on Magoo, which the realist in me knows will be private and muted, if there is any at all, means nothing.

Not that I'm saying none of the above wouldn't be satisfying, just ultimately fruitless. Magoo's call reminds us of the meaningless of all existence, his spastic, jackass arms waving off all accomplishment and future hope.

MacT was bang on with his comments at the morning skate. McGeough always has to be the show. He's hard to miss in the first place, but when he starts with the "hummingbird" or the "judo chop", you just pray for the inevitable cardiac arrest.

Damn shame that this happened at the end of the game, when all the beer cups were empty.

listening to kelly "shithead" hrudey on hnic post game was brutal. sayin that the "out to get the oilers" conspiracy theory was the furthest thing from the truth ? uh ok maybe it isn't the 100% truth...then what does he think it was 1. pure fuckin incompetence ?2. a fat arm waving showboat costing us 1-2 points ?3. m'goo being m'goo ?

that pic of m'goo is gettin' me all upset again...motherless fuck

the worst part personally ?i was watchin the game at the black frog in vancouver w/ my cousin and told him that the oil is capable of any comebackhis response of course : dude c'mon it's like 5 secondsme: i can see the clock man i know it's 5 seconds but do you know that this is the fuckin' oil?him: holy shit man i can't believe you called that comebackme (extra smugly):that's my oil man, i fuckin told y...what the fuck is goin on with m'goo,oh fuck me...fuck